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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Iain Durrant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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148 lbs
22 - 23 - 0 |
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176 cm
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155 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 23 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iain Durrant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Hart!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hart misses with an attempted mid kick.
Durrant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hart lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Iain Durrant has been cut.
Hart fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Durrant takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hart lands with a nice body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hart, right into the meat.
Durrant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hart moves away.
Hart misses with an attempted mid kick.
Durrant lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hart pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Durrant stuffs the takedown.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Durrant crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hart - the referee stops the clock and Durrant gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hart. Durrant manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Durrant sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Durrant lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hart at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Durrant scores with a four punch combination!
Durrant chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hart can pounce on him.
Durrant throws a jab when Hart was well out of range.
Durrant misses with the body kick
and Hart counters with an outside leg kick.
Durrant walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hart.
Durrant fails to land with a series of punches.
Hart lands with a nice body kick.
Hart lands with a kick to the temple. Durrant shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hart lands a head kick!
Durrant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Iain Durrant is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hart!
Durrant misses with a few strikes there.
Hart avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durrant. Hart does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart gets the takedown into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hart trying to control the position but Durrant is working away.
A control attempt from Durrant but he's now mounted!
Hart wants to control the pace but Durrant is squirming around nicely.
Hart controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durrant is in all sorts of trouble here.
Durrant bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hart is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Durrant defends well.
Hart manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hart cracks Durrant with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Durrant is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hart trying to control but Durrant is having none of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hart is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Durrant in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Hart dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iain Durrant's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Durrant misses with an uppercut
and Hart counters with a good low kick that Durrant was not able to check.
Durrant throws a series of punches but Hart avoids them all with ease.
Hart swings for the body but Durrant moves out of range.
Hart throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Durrant lands the left hand.
Hart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Durrant manages to avoid it.
Durrant throws a right hand that Hart ducks under and follows up with a left that Hart also avoids with ease.
Hart bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hart connects with a leg kick. Durrant looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Durrant will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Durrant moves away.
Crunch! Hart slams his shin into Durrant's torso.
Durrant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hart circles away quickly and effectively.
Durrant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Durrant moves out of range of the body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hart.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart ducks under a wild hook from Durrant.
Hart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durrant.
Durrant misses with a two punch combination.
Durrant looks to score with a jab to the body but Hart is just out of range.
Durrant avoids the body shot from Hart.
Hart connects with an inside leg kick.
Hart misses with a jab to the body
letting Durrant counter with a right hand.
Durrant throws a series of punches but Hart moves out of range.
Iain Durrant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Durrant keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hart misses with a head kick.
Hart is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Durrant rather than just go for the knockout.
Durrant misses with a few strikes there.
Hart shoots and misses
and Durrant counters with a stiff right hand.
Hart gets the takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart lands a nice forearm strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durrant takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hart lands some shots froms side control.
Hart fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Durrant is trying to control Hart's posture but Hart avoids it.
Hart misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Hart working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Durrant manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hart lands a nice short elbow.
Hart seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Durrant does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hart is looking for a kimura here.
Hart has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Durrant actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hart moves into full mount! Durrant won't be happy about that!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hart landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Hart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Iain Durrant's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Durrant takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hart goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hart throws a head kick that misses.
Hart scores with a head kick. Durrant tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hart lands with a thumping leg kick.
Durrant ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hart is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Durrant's half guard.
Hart takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hart content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Durrant keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Durrant tries to get to full guard but Hart has control of the leg.
Durrant is looking to control Hart's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Durrant avoid being mounted?
Hart is working for a kimura but Durrant is defending it quite comfortably.
Iain Durrant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durrant is refusing to be controlled, as Hart sits in half guard.
Durrant looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hart passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Durrant!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart landing strikes from the mount.
Hart lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Hart.
Durrant in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sam Hart is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Durrant is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart controlling his opponent.
Oh Durrant is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hart prevents Durrant from getting the reversal.
Hart controlling from the full mount.
Hart has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durrant is working to get back to half guard.
Durrant seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hart controlling from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Hart comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hart has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Hart!
Sam Hart very nearly forgot to thank [EVO] Koffin Inc. *Laundry Available* amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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